TL;DR Redwood Materials hired former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja, signalling IPO preparation as JB Straubel’s battery recycling startup pivots to powering AI data centres with second-life EV batteries through its Redwood Energy division. Deepak Ahuja, the chief financial officer who took Tesla public in 2010 and served two terms steering its finances through the most volatile period in automotive history, has joined Redwood Materials as CFO. He told TechCrunch it is “too early” to talk about an...